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Can You Guess the 10 Biggest Box Office Hits of 2015?

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The Martian

Fox's The Martian grossed nearly $600 million in 2015, a big win in an otherwise weak box office year for the company.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

With ticket sales of over $635 million, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 earned less than anticipated but was still profitable for Lions Gate.

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Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation

Viacom's Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation scored big with critics and grossed more than $680 million—a performance that paves the way for more impossible missions on the big screen.

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Spectre

James Bond rescued Sony from what would have otherwise been a disastrous box office year. Spectre has done more than $860 million in global ticket sales, the second-highest in the series.

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Inside Out

At more than $850 million in ticket sales, Inside Out was a big win for Disney. The movie is Pixar's second-highest grossing, non-sequel film, behind only Finding Nemo.

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Minions

Comcast and Universal's Minions is creeping up on $1.16 billion in box office receipts. That kind of big screen success, as well as massive merchandise sales, guarantees that the world will be seeing a lot more of the mischievous yellow critters.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Disney's Star Wars: The Force Awakens released on December 18 and grossed roughly $1.3 billion before the year was out. After one weekend in 2016, the film's gross currently stands at over $1.5 billion, and ticket sales are still going strong.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron

Disney's Avengers: Age of Ultron grossed more than $1.4 billion in 2015, which brings the cumulative box office total for the first two Avengers films to over $2.9 billion.

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Furious 7

Comcast's Furious 7 torched expectations and did more than $1.51 billion in ticket sales.

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Jurassic World

Jurassic World's gross of roughly $1.67 billion makes it the third-biggest movie in history and the highest grossing film across 2015.

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What does 2015 mean for the movie industry?

l 2015 was a breakout year for Comcast, and a very strong one for Disney.

l l Projects from Comcast took three spots on the year's top-10 list, and

accounted for roughly 35% of the group's cumulative ticket sales. Meanwhile, Disney delivered three of the year's 10 biggest pictures, and also claimed roughly 35% of ticket sales from the top-10 set.

l l Comcast's and Disney's respective 2015 film successes open big

opportunities for sequels, merchandise, and theme park tie-ins.l l 2015 was less-impressive for other industry players, creating added

pressure to find success with their upcoming slates.

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